Preloading

Priest Turned Therapist Treats Fear of God

By Tony Hoagland

Publisher: Graywolf Press
Pages: 88
Tags: Poetry

With dreamy, irreverent, and timely verse, the poet yearns for meaning in a topsy-turvy world, lampooning the news ("The President today in Washington / took off his shirt for reporters") and comparing himself to a wasp outside a screened-in porch: "driven by some longing" to "look for the passage through." 

— Michelle Hart

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